Then Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this household, because he too is a son of Abraham!

And he summoned ten of his slaves, gave them ten minas, and said to them, ‘Do business with these until I come back.’

But his citizens hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying, ‘We do not want this man to be king over us!’

And the king said to him, ‘Well done, good slave! Because you have been faithful in a very small matter, you will have authority over ten cities.’

Then another slave came and said, ‘Sir, here is your mina that I put away for safekeeping in a piece of cloth.

For I was afraid of you, because you are a severe man. You withdraw what you did not deposit and reap what you did not sow.’

Why then didn’t you put my money in the bank, so that when I returned I could have collected it with interest?’

‘I tell you that everyone who has will be given more, but from the one who does not have, even what he has will be taken away.

But as for these enemies of mine who did not want me to be their king, bring them here and slaughter them in front of me!’”

saying, “If you had only known on this day, even you, the things that make for peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes.

saying to them, “It is written, ‘My house will be a house of prayer,’ but you have turned it into a den of robbers!”

When harvest time came, he sent a slave to the tenants so that they would give him his portion of the crop. However, the tenants beat his slave and sent him away empty-handed.

But those who are regarded as worthy to share in that age and in the resurrection from the dead neither marry nor are given in marriage.

So they asked him, “Teacher, when will these things happen? And what will be the sign that these things are about to take place?”

And when you hear of wars and rebellions, do not be afraid. For these things must happen first, but the end will not come at once.”

For I will give you the words along with the wisdom that none of your adversaries will be able to withstand or contradict.

But stay alert at all times, praying that you may have strength to escape all these things that must happen, and to stand before the Son of Man.”

And in the same way he took the cup after they had eaten, saying, “This cup that is poured out for you is the new covenant in my blood.

So they began to question one another as to which of them it could possibly be who would do this.

So Jesus said to them, “The kings of the Gentiles lord it over them, and those in authority over them are called ‘benefactors.’